S/O - Arlington Magazine 2022 acceptances

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Anonymous wrote:As someone whose kid is a year away from starting the college application process, this is depressing as hell.

Why did so few kids apply to Georgetown compared to other area schools?

A brand new application is a lot.

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Arlington should aim for SLAC more. They are great schools and many Arlington students are great but can’t compete with the local private schools students due to connections and legacy. So snatch up the top SLAC instead. Your kids will be happier there too.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see this info for FCPS high schools.

Well. You can look up TJHSST, the stats are amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see this info for FCPS high schools.

Well. You can look up TJHSST, the stats are amazing.

TJ has the best college acceptances except for few privates.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, it is crazy to compare these acceptance rates to the MoCo schools. So much lower.

Part of this may be how good the school is about following up with students on acceptances. The school knows how many applied because it gets that data from Naviance. But students have to submit their acceptances. My son was totally lazy and never did (except for the school he actually attended). Maybe MCPS is better about the follow up?

Agreed. My kid just started at Brown, and her high school doesn't show her as an acceptance. I think she put it into Naviance, but I don't know for sure.

Some kids don't say where they are going. At my kid's high school, there were cases where rejected kids' families wrote to top universities to report on accepted kids' academic crimes.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

And less than 20% of students enrolling are submitting ACT scores.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

And less than 20% of students enrolling are submitting ACT scores.

Test optional has made it that only the very highest scores are being submitted which has really f*d things up. It skews the averages.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

Use the link on the 18:10 post to see the verified acceptance rate for each Virginia college from every individual Virginia county. JMU and GMU acceptance rates from NOVA are pretty high.

But remember public school students self-select into the public universities where they, and the public high school counselor, think they have the best shot. Hence the acceptance rates for all publics is higher than comparable privates because the applicant pool is higher.

My kids’ counselor didn’t care about their “best shot” at anything. She just sent transcripts and ended up resigning 3/4 of the way through the school year. That’s public high schools these days.

Maybe at your public high school, but certainly not ours!

Ooh, must be McLean, Oakton, Marshall, or Meridian!

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

That's the literal definition of dozens.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

But again, with test optional, this was for only about 20% of applicants. (UVA gets more students submitting SAT.) Those with higher scores are the ones submitting. Likewise, things like class rank are also only for those who have a class rank submitted, which is about 38% of enrolled students. The other 62% had no class rank submitted. You should keep this in mind when looking at stats.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see this info for FCPS high schools.

Well. You can look up TJHSST, the stats are amazing.

TJ has the best college acceptances except for few privates.

It was USWNR #1 high school this year, wasn't it? There you go.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

But again, with test optional, this was for only about 20% of applicants. (UVA gets more students submitting SAT.) Those with higher scores are the ones submitting. Likewise, things like class rank are also only for those who have a class rank submitted, which is about 38% of enrolled students. The other 62% had no class rank submitted. You should keep this in mind when looking at stats.

Many high schools no longer provide or tell kids class rank. Ours doesn't. I think it's kind of messed up. I went to Ffx Co public school and my class rank is on my Final report card.

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda dispels the myth about NOVA schools sending "dozens" to UVA doesn't it? Yes they might technically have dozens ut they are huge schools of 500+ kids in the senior class. People accused me of lying when I said my kids school only had about 10 accepted, but we have a population of less than 400.

Washington Liberty for instance according to the school profile has 577 seniors and had 47 accepted, that's 8%, which again means you have to be well under the 10% threshold alot of folks bandy about on this website. Yorktown also only 8% of the population got in.

Yes, only 5 out of 23 at Arlington Tech. Only two got in from my son's VA private - both accepted to UVA. I also noted that GMU and JMU have become much more difficult to get into - depending upon the school, less than 20% of the applicants, up to may be half on average. Certainly not what it was a few years ago.

Agsin, NOT TRUE. GMU has become EASIER to get into over the last few years. There's NO WAY the GMU admissions "data" reported in thos article are correct. A 3.0 gets you in.

That is not true. The applicant class is getting better every year. SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of students who actually enrolled had a 4.0; the median a 3.75; and the bottom 25th percentile had a 3.44. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Rampage grade inflation.

NO. Publics have become much more in demand during COViD. Many families list a big chunk of money in March 2020 and began reassessing spending 80K+ on privates. So the demand for in-state slots in those states with good publics went up. The applicant classes have higher stats than precovid. Also the test scores of admitted and attending students have gone up. SCHEV says the median student enrolling at uva last year had an astonishing 35 ACT

UVA booster. It was 33.

Median cumulative was 34, just checked SCHEV for 21-22 stats
Math was 35, English 33.

But again, with test optional, this was for only about 20% of applicants. (UVA gets more students submitting SAT.) Those with higher scores are the ones submitting. Likewise, things like class rank are also only for those who have a class rank submitted, which is about 38% of enrolled students. The other 62% had no class rank submitted. You should keep this in mind when looking at stats.

Many high schools no longer provide or tell kids class rank. Ours doesn't. I think it's kind of messed up. I went to Ffx Co public school and my class rank is on my Final report card.

It also was shocking the lack of grade inflation in 1988. I had a 3.89 and was #15 out of 452 students.